AnC attack

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2017
Windows 8 and newer versions fail to properly implement ASLR

CC/CERT is warning the Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR) isn’t properly implemented in versions of Microsoft Windows 8 and newer. The researcher Will Dormann from the Carnegie-Mellon CERT has discovered the Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR) isn’t properly implemented in versions of Microsoft Windows 8 and newer. Actually, with Windows 7 and EMET System-wide ASLR, the loaded […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2017
ASLR Protection could be bypassed by visiting a website. Millions of devices at risk

A group of security researcher has devised a new attack technique dubbed AnC attack that allows to bypass the ASLR Protection on 22 CPU architectures. The  Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR Protection) is a security mechanism used by operating systems to randomize the memory addresses used by key areas of processes, it makes hard for attackers […]